Portuguese Digestive Week 2015 - José Cotter, MD, PhD

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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS SEPTEMBER 2015
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Portuguese Digestive Week 2015
The Portuguese Digestive Week 2015
was held in Oporto, Portugal from
10 to 13 June 2015 sponsored by the
Sociedade Portuguesa de Gastroen-terologia
(SPG), Sociedade Portugue-sa
de Endoscopia Digestiva (SPED),
Associação Portuguesa para o Estudo
do Fígado (APEF), and Sociedade
Portuguesa de Gastroenterologia
Hepatologia e Nutrição Pediátrica
(SPGP).
Close to 700 participants and 541
submitted abstracts showed the high
interest in the congress. This achieved
all the goals that the Organizing Com-mittee
had set for the meeting.
We had amongst us the presence
of renowned international special-ists
who brought their opinions on
several controversial topics such as
“What future to anticipate for diges-tive
endoscopy?,” “Auto-immune liver
disease and its challenges,” “Digestive
endoscopy training,” “Celiac disease
today,” “New diagnostic modalities in
ultrasonography,” and “”Irritable bowel
syndrome: a customized treatment?”.
These topics enabled heated discus-sion
that enriched us scientifically and
allowed us to apply this information
daily in our workplaces.
The first day of work was dedicated
to the Post-Graduate course titled “In-flammatory
Bowel Disease in Endosco-py.”
It included four sessions, covering
topics such as diagnostic procedures,
therapeutic approaches to IBD, and
endoscopic scoring systems.
We were honored by the presence of
WGO President, Prof. James Toouli,
who took the advantage of his visit
to Portugal to inaugurate the WGO
- GIHep Training Center in Porto.
Professor Toouli spoke to participants
on the WGO’s vision and mission in
digestive health.
Speech of Prof. José Cotter in the Portuguese
Digestive Week 2015.
Prof. James Toouli and Prof. Guilherme
Macedo in the audience at Portuguese Diges-tive
Week 2015.
José Cotter, MD, PhD
President of the Portuguese Digestive Week 2015
President of the Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology
Guimarães, Portugal
The Portuguese Society of Gastroenterology Governing Council elected (2015-2017).
Prof. James Toouli’s presentation at the Por-tuguese
Digestive Week 2015.